The Budget proposal released by the White House includes a cut to crop insurance. The budget request to Congress calls for a ten-year, $18 billion cut to the federal crop insurance program. The request comes after Congress rejected a $3 billion cut to crop insurance late last year after initially approving the cuts as…… MORE
State Holds Meetings For Marinello Beauty School Students
(KMJ) – Wednesday, California’s Bureau of Private Post-secondary Education will send representatives to Fresno to meet with students of the now-closed Marinello School of Beauty. The Los Angeles-based company closed its schools in California, Nevada, Utah, Kansas and Connecticut last week after the U.S. Department of Education refused to re-certify it to participate in federal student…… MORE
Price Tag Set For Fresno County’s Old Juvenile Hall
(KMJ) – The Fresno County Board of Supervisors set the price for its old juvenile hall. Tuesday, Supervisors placed a minimum bid of $4.386 million for the nearly 12.6 acres of land near Ventura Avenue and Tenth Street. That juvenile hall was closed in 2006. The minimum bid for the old juvenile hall site was proposed…… MORE
Inspiring Students at African American Student Leadership & Ed. Conference
(KMJ)-Fresno – Area African American high school and middle school students heard from speakers in a day-long conference, in downtown Fresno which was setup to inspire the students. Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified, along with the Fresno County Office Of Education partnered to host the “2016 African American Student Leadership & Educational Conference held at the…… MORE
Most Violent Suspect On Fresno Police “Wanted” List Is Caught
(KMJ) Fresno – One of the most violent of the five men who Fresno Police say need to be off the streets – is now in custody. Lieutenant Joe Gomez says Michael Mitchell was spotted in a car in Fresno’s Tower District – around 1:00 Tuesday afternoon. After a foot chase, and help from the k-9…… MORE
Watchdog Accuses Calif. Refiners of Manipulation
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The Golden State’s largest oil refiners are accused of calibrating imports and exports of gasoline, to artificially inflate fuel prices during…… MORE
Does a Female CEO Make a Company More Profitable?
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — A link between female CEOs, and a company’s bottom line. A new study of nearly 22,000 publicly traded companies in 91 countries…… MORE
Cotton Industry Facing Challenging Year
The National Cotton Council says 2016 will be another challenging year for the U.S. cotton industry. At the 2016 NCC annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, a market economist warned of the challenges amid low cotton prices, ample global stocks and uncertainties regarding global mill cotton use. While export markets continue to be the primary…… MORE
2016 New Hampshire Primary
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El Nino on Hiatus
(KMJ) El Niño is taking a break leaving drought-stricken California sunny and dry once again. The National Weather Service says the weather system won’t return to the west coast for at least a week, or maybe two. Southern California is experiencing record-breaking temperatures in the upper 80s while Fresno and the Central Valley will see high…… MORE
